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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-C679C7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A cast copper alloy vessel or bucket mount or escutcheon in the shape of a bull's head, dating from the late Iron age to the mid-Roman period, about 100 BC - AD 300.
The bovine head tapers to a rounded snout and has a pair of horns curving forwards, the tips of which have broken away in antiquity and are now missing. The top of the head is flat and carries the remains of two metal projections that may once have formed a loop.The eyes are circular holes drilled into the metal. They were probably originally filled with glass or enamel. Between them is an indentation, reaching almost to the top of the mount, in the shape of a downward pointing isosceles triangle. The underside of the mount is flat and hollowed out, the hollow roughly following the shape of the upper side. The mount has a dark green patina, with some loss of the surface in places. It is 30.8mm long, 24.3mm wide and 6.9mm thick. It weighs 9.5gm.
Similar mounts can be found on the database; see for example references LON-82CF61, WMID-C96A57 AND NLM-7A7A75.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Class:
bucket
Sub class: mount
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.8 mm
Width: 24.3 mm
Thickness: 6.9 mm
Weight: 9.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st August 2013 - Saturday 31st August 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2284
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
Parish or ward: Farnham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE3661
Four figure Latitude: 54.043721
Four figure longitude: -1.45172605
1:25K map: SE3661
1:10K map: SE36SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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